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Latitude
-42
Longitude
147
Start Date
1831-01-01
End Date
1831-01-01

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ID
tba77c

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/amelia-penelope-dumaresq
Birth Place
Van Diemen's Land, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Biography
sketcher, was born in Van Diemen’s Land on 12 September 1831, second daughter of Edward Dumaresq (1802 1906) and his first wife Frances Blanche, née Legge. She died of tuberculosis in her home at Illawarra on the Norfolk Plains (Tas.) on 11 October 1848, aged seventeen. A wash view of a romantic castle on a mountain above the sea (1848, private collection), annotated 'One of our angelic Amelia’s last Drawings’, is a conventional, but unusually competent, young lady’s drawing book copy. She is buried in the family plot in the churchyard of Christ Church of England, Illawarra, near Longford. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 12 December 1831
Summary
Daughter of Edward Dumaresq, surveyor, public servant and landowner, Amelia died an untimely death at the age of seventeen. Described as angelic, her drawings show talent.
Gender
Female
Died
11 October 1848
Age at death
17